About
Emigrating to England in 1933 as the Nazis began their rise to power, Wengraf appeared unbilled in a couple of films there, as well as in some of the first BBC live-television shows ever presented but his career began to languish. In late 1941, however, he had the good fortune of appearing on Broadway with Helen Hayes in "Candle in the Wind" and decided to stay. The following year he headed west and settled permanently in the Los Angeles area. A dark, cold-eyed, thin-lipped player with a precise, meticulous air about him, he found himself invariably playing the very characters he detested. Some of his more nefarious nasties surfaced in such films as the Humphrey Bogart classic Sahara (1943/I), as well as The Boy from Stalingrad (1943), U-Boat Prisoner (1944) and Till We Meet Again (1944). In postwar years, he was often spotted portraying ethnic professionals (scientists, doctors,...
Known for
Matinee TheaterSeries • 1955
Four Star PlayhouseSeries • 1952
One Step BeyondSeries • 1959
77 Sunset StripSeries • 1958
Hawaiian EyeSeries • 1959
Bat MastersonSeries • 1958
The DetectivesSeries • 1959
The Time TunnelSeries • 1966
The Danny Thomas ShowSeries • 1953
The MillionaireSeries • 1955
Telephone TimeSeries • 1956
You Are ThereSeries • 1953
Lux Video TheatreSeries • 1950
The RoguesSeries • 1964
Cavalcade of AmericaSeries • 1952
The Third ManSeries • 1959
Bourbon Street BeatSeries • 1959
Dangerous AssignmentSeries • 1952
JerichoSeries • 1966
Panic!Series • 1957
Judgment at NurembergMovie • 1961
The Razor's EdgeMovie • 1946
T-MenMovie • 1947
Hell and High WaterMovie • 1954